Call for applications Round 7

The seventh call for applications ran between 10 September 2015 and 2 March 2016 and 199 entries were submitted. We are currently running the eighth call for applications. Entries can be submitted up to and including on 7 September 2016 (22:00 CET).

Finalists Round 7

We will shortlist the Round 7 applicants by the end of March 2016. The shortlisted candidates will then have a month’s time to submit a full application package: a detailed story proposal, a detailed project budget and signed letters of intent. The winners will be announced mid May 2016.

Awards Round 7

The winners of Round 7 will be announced mid May 2016. The winning journalists can start their projects in June-July 2016 after they have attended the boot camp training and signed the grant agreements.

Bootcamp Round 7

The winners of Round 7 will take part in a two-day boot camp style training. The event, held in June 2016 in our hometown Maastricht, will focus on impact, dissemination and publication strategies on how to achieve real world public impacts.

Call for applications Round 8

We are currently running the eighth call for applications. Pitch us original editorial approaches, stories with investigative and genuinely journalistic techniques. The deadline closes on 7 September 2016 (22:00 CET). Read carefully the application criteria before applying!

Finalists Round 8

We will shortlist the Round 8 applicants by the end of October 2016. The shortlisted candidates will then have a month’s time to submit a full application package: a detailed story proposal, a detailed project budget and signed letters of intent. The winners will be announced mid November 2016.

Awards Round 8

The winners of Round 8 will be announced mid November 2016. The winning journalists can start their projects in December 2016 – January 2017 after they have attended the boot camp training and signed the grant agreements.

Bootcamp Round 8

The winners of Round 8 will take part in a two-day boot camp style training. The event, held in December 2016, will focus on impact, dissemination and publication strategies on how to achieve real world public impacts.

This project sheds light on the intransparent world of investment protection, by displaying all known investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) cases in a map and showing what some of these cases mean for developing countries.

The European Journalism Centre

The European Journalism Centre (EJC) is a non-profit international foundation with the remit to improve, strengthen, and underpin journalism and the news media. This mission has two main aspects: On the one hand, it is about safeguarding, enhancing, and future-proofing quality journalism in Europe. On the other hand, it is about supporting initiatives towards press freedom in emerging and developing countries. This often includes creating the framework conditions for independent and self-determined journalism in the first place. To these ends, the EJC provides thematic training, professional capacity development, and a wide range of support activities for journalists.